Thousands took to the streets in the middle east to protest the u. S. s decision to recognize jerusalem at the capital of israel, but today the police are preparing for a socalled day of rage. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning in california, tens of thousands of homes remain in jeopardy from a string of winddriven destructive wildfires. Two new fires have ignited. One burning through a Retirement Community near san diego. Fire crews are now battling six major fires, making progress with some and not with others. The largest fire around ventura destroyed at least 130i buildins and covers thods Kenneth Craig has the story. This singlefamily home reduced no nothing but rubble, all thats left, the shell of their minivan. Hundreds of thoroughbred horses ran for their lives as the Southern California wildfire spread even further south. This new blaze dubbed the lilac fire is in northern san diego county. Volunteers trying to save them said several of the horses were killed. Several were badly injured. I caught a couple that were actually burned. Reporter the lilac fire 35 north of san diego grew six square miles in just a few hours. Further north, the biggest of the blazes around ventura has grown to nearly 200 miles. That fire has accounted for the bulk of at least 500 buildings destroyed so far. Officials say even though the, hurricaneforce winds predicted for thursday didnt quite materialize theyre still fanning the embers. That santa ana weakening is going to cause the fire to be much less predictable. Its going to move in different directions. Reporter here where the fire passed through, people are being allowed back home. Sadly, theres not much to see. All of my Little Brothers stuff, thats where theyve been growing up. Reporter every day the fire continues, air quality becomes more of an issue. So much so, more schools have been closed today. This is one of the hardest hit neighbors in develop tur rah county. I think its safe to say half is no longer standing. One described it as a war zone. Thank you, kenneth. This morn t snowstorm of the season is making its way from the southeast up to new england. Winter storm warnings and advisories are posted from southern texas to South Carolina. Up to three inches of snow expected this morning in corpus christi. Schools in austin are canceled today. Paul deanno of kpix has more on this significant outbreak. Theres a significant kink in the jet stream in the u. S. In alaska, an overnight low of 56 degree. That will by far overshadow a record. On the other side we have snow steadily falling in houston, texas, this morning, a jd that snow is going to be on the move as soon as 9 00 friday morning. Atlanta and new orleans dealing with light to moderate snowfall. By this afternoon, washington, d. C. , norfolk, virginia. Charlotte, north carolina, dealing with snowfall, and by tomorrow morning it works its way up the eastern seaboard. Philadelphia, and d. C. This snowstorm started as snow in texas. Im paul tee a noe for cbs news. The snow in texas is a rarity, but not so in buffalo, new york. Some areas of western new york got over a foot and a half. Today Israeli Forces are bracing for more violence in the wake of President Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. On the gaza strip they burned a picture of the president. Vice president mike pence would not be welcome in the west bank during his visit to the region next month. Minnesota governor mark dayton says he hasnt decided on a replacement for al franken. After serving more than eight years, franken has announced hes stepping d allegations of sexual misconduct. He took a parting shot at President Trump. Some of the allegations against me simply are not true. Others i remember very differently. If anything franken suggested he is the victim of a double standard. I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assaults sits in the oval office. Reporter like President Trump franken is accused of groping multiple women before he came to washington. I would have liked to have seen him take some responsibility, but the end result is the same. Reporter senator Amy Klobuchar is frankens colleague. I would have more. You were calling for members asking you to step down. It was going to be really difficult for him to do his job. Reporter the pair of resignation this week puts even more pressure on the gop and its Alabama Senate candidate roy moore. Many Senate Republicans disavowed moore again. I wish it were another nominee. Nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. And republican congressman trent franks says hes resigning next month. He said he never physically or intentionally contacted them. Frank and his wife have children through sur olgacy. He said he would be u get a fair hearing. Congress passed a stopgap bill. They passed the measure yesterday that keeps the government financially afloat until december 22nd. Also yesterday President Trump held budget talks with top congressional leaders. Democrats say there wont be a deal unless there are protections for d. R. E. A. M. Ers. And ahead on cbs this morning, we will discuss the budget negotiations with republican south dakota senator john thune. Its still unclear why a gunman opened fire at a new mexico high school, killing two students. The shooter is also dead, but its not known if he took his own life or was kill bed the police. Barry petersen reports. Reporter its a scene thats become all too familiar, students barricading the opens fire. As Tech High School was the school in the cross hairs. And they knew what to do. This is a student at the high school. I could feel it vibrating and then it stopped and we we when we evacuated out of our room, there was a dead body outside our room, and we were told that it was probably the shooter that shot himself outside our door. Reporter some parents reported hearing from their children via Text Messages that they could hear the shooter approaching. You feel like anymore youre not safe anywhere. Reporter the high school was cordoned off as police cleared the campus and teens were reunited with their parents. Chief mike shield runs the police department. Chief kneel wneil was one of th heroes. He and his men busted through the glass to get in and resolve the situation. Barry peterson, cbs news, as tech, new mexico. Michael pfleger, the former South CarolinaPolice Officer who fatally shot walter scott an unarmed black man get 20s years behind bars. In exchange prosecutors dropped state murder charges. Pfleger is one of the few Police Officers to go to prison for a fatal shooting. 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Weve got showers now to our south around norfolk but just to the west around West Virginia and theres some light snow starting to fall right there. Let me open up this picture, this is so exciting to see this snow right now moving through the south. Houston, you have got to feel sorry for them. Theyve already had one of the worst flooding events ever and now theyre getting some snow which is very rare for that area. Were seeing it in parts of louisiana and parts of georgia, texas, all getting in on this action and we my friends will not be left out. This is futurecast tomorrow morning at 6 30 a. M. Were going to see some light to moderate snow falling across the area at that time. And in terms of accumulations were looking at most of it sticking to the grass, sticking to your roof to your flower beds. Those types of pl out there. And then later on in the evening, you still get that round of snow and were looking at a round of rain and snow by saturday at 8 30 p. M. Saturday is going to be snow day around here. Little accumulation because the. S will get above temperatures will get above freezing and ground will also stay above freezing out there for most of the day. All right miri thank you so much. Your time right now 4 27. Were keeping a cl